I hadn’t seen the 64 version. Very impressive. Is that stock ? I never suggested that the Amiga couldn’t do a port just that why limit it to a stock machine. What serious Amiga user is running a stock machine in this day and age ?

I hadn’t seen the 64 version. Very impressive. Is that stock ? I never suggested that the Amiga couldn’t do a port just that why limit it to a stock machine. What serious Amiga user is running a stock machine in this day and age ?

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Lots of Amiga users use stock machines to play games how we used to and remember.
Not everyone wants to pay over the odds for outdated hardware to try and force the Amiga into this century, it died in the 90s get over it!

Lots of Amiga users use stock machines to play games how we used to and remember.

Not everyone wants to pay over the odds for outdated hardware to try and force the Amiga into this century, it died in the 90s get over it!

I ran a stick Amiga for very little time so to me remembering was always an expanded 500 and then really expanded a1200. Even back then. Don’t get why everyone wants to limit the potential of poets by running an 500 with 1/2 meg ram.

I ran a stick Amiga for very little time so to me remembering was always an expanded 500 and then really expanded a1200. Even back then. Don’t get why everyone wants to limit the potential of poets by running an 500 with 1/2 meg ram.

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We didn't mention an A500, I suggested an 2mb 020 with options to increase detail for faster CPUs, hardly limiting potential if you can change the options.

Yeah that is always a question, if you are going to do a port, you have the skills, why not do an original game?

The issue usually comes down to content creation. When porting, you have everything laid out for you already: the level designs, graphics and style, music... all you have to do (almost) is put it together. Usually also games are initiated by coders, who might not want to deal with getting someone else involved with those other departments, so a port is tempting in the fact that you can maybe do it all on your own.

Sure, Limbo on the C64 is impressive, but as you said, it's a game available on so many other platforms, that beyond the novelty of "wow that runs amazing", dunno what extra value it might have.

PS: lots of people prefer stock machines. I know I do. I have even taken the accelerator out of my A1200. Runs more stable without that piece of shit in it and the constant fiddling and arm wrestling with it for stuff to run properly!!
Another important stock configuration is the CD32. A lot of us love that thing, personally I use it as my main Amiga gaming platform.

Accelerators only ruined hardware milking in the Amiga. If we had none, the level of code prowess you see coming out of the C64 would also be a thing on the Amiga.